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At a time when the sky would appear to be the limit for Southeastern corn yields, managing diseases becomes even more important, meaning a yield difference of as many as 20 to 30 bushels per acre in some fields.
Specialists with the University of Kentucky Wheat Science Group will present timely information related to the 2012 wheat production year during their winter meeting from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. CST Jan. 10 at the James E. Bruce Convention Center in Hopkinsville.
Outsmarting weeds in organic crop production sometimes requires unorthodox, or what Carroll Johnson calls “bizarre” management techniques.
At the University of Georgia’s Principles of Integrated Weed Management in Organic Crop Production Workshop in Tifton, Ga., people got a glimpse of one of those unusual tactics: a brush-hoe in a peanut field.
By TERRI ADAMS The Prairie Star
Producers who don’t like seeing weeds on their land will enjoy seeing the Missouri River Watershed Coalition-Early Detection & Distribution System Mapping (MRWC-EDDMapS) website.
The website is not the normal weedy website.
By Sharon Dowdy
A tiny, smelly immigrant the size of a pea has University of Georgia scientists on edge. On one hand, it’s a godsend since the bug eats kudzu, Georgia’s most prolific weed. On the other hand, it’s bad news since its menu also includes soybeans and other legumes — plants Georgia farmers rely on for their livelihoods.
